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Vector ready to argue against paper
New Zealand Herald, 21/06/2010
Vector says a Commerce Commission paper set to form the basis of what electricity lines businesses can charge could create greater uncertainty. More...
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Contact fights to stem customer exodus
New Zealand Herald, 21/06/2010
The company's latest operating statistics show electricity, gas and LPG customer numbers fell to 597,500 at the end of May, down from 601,000 a year before. More...
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Iwi wants Huntly power station
New Zealand Herald, 21/06/2010
Tuku Morgan has told the Prime Minister Waikato-Tainui wants to buy the Huntly power station if a National Government decides to sell. More...
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Battle for power customers hotting up
New Zealand Herald, 17/06/2010
Power companies have hit back at claims by Pulse Energy that rivals are using dirty tricks in the fierce battle to stop customers switching suppliers. More...
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Transpower cable $53 million boost for Vector
New Zealand Herald, 16/06/2010
Vector stands to make $53 million from Transpower to lay high-voltage cable through its Auckland isthmus tunnel and North Shore transmission corridor More...
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Electricity company wants bid in Horizon
stuff.co.nz, 15/06/2010
Marlborough Lines has made a bid to buy a "strategic" stake in Whakatane-based electricity network company Horizon Energy. More...
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Proposed airport charges hike queried
Stuff.co.nz, 21/06/2010
Christchurch International Airport's revamp of its domestic terminal has ruffled at least a few feathers among those who use the airport for business, with some questioning proposed cost increases. More...
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Online and text next stage for bus services
New Zealand Herald, 18/06/2010
New online and text information services are being provided for Auckland bus users as an extension of electronic timetable signs already present at main bus stops. More...
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One last load of concrete and harbour link is as good as done
New Zealand Herald, 18/06/2010
Auckland's duplicate motorway bridge over Manukau Harbour should be substantially complete this morning after a final overnight concrete pour to form a 650m link between the shores of Onehunga and Mangere. More...
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Higher bus fares on the horizon
New Zealand Herald, 17/06/2010
Auckland commuters could pay higher bus fares or risk losing services as the Government moves to clip the ticket of the nation's public transport, The Aucklander reports. More...
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Port lining up for coal export deal
stuff.co.nz, 16/06/2010
More than two years since controversially losing a massive coal export contract Port Taranaki is in the running to handle millions of tonnes of the lucrative black ... More...
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Large rally protests over water
stuff.co.nz, 14/06/2010
The Our Water Our Vote rally drew a cross-section of demonstrators, ... water-conservation orders were weakened in what critics say was pandering to private irrigation interests ... More...
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Protests over water privatisation fears
stuff.co.nz, 14/06/2010
A lobby group that organised nationwide protests fears water supplies will be privatised under new legislation. More...
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Call to float SOE stakes 'out of line' - business
stuff.co.nz, 18/06/2010
Solid Energy chairman John Palmer is calling for New Zealand's largest coal miner to be floated, predicting the market should value it at $2.5 billion. More...
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Broadband future at risk, says Vodafone
Stuff.co.nz, 21/06/2010
Vodafone says a suggestion by Prime Minister John Key – now backed by Broadcasting Minister Jonathan Coleman – that analogue television broadcasts may not be turned off until 2015 could put the country's broadband future at risk. More...
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Telcos prepare to take termination-rates battle to minister
New Zealand Herald, 21/06/2010
The telcos are gearing up to take their battle on mobile termination rates to the Minister of Communications, having had commercial deals knocked back by the Commerce Commission. More...
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Mobile changes may be beneficial
stuff.co.nz, 19/06/2010
Regulated cuts in mobile termination rates could be positive consumers and for Telecom, despite its apparent opposition to a lower fee regime. More...
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Telecom to refund 1300 customers for misleading advert
New Zealand Herald, 18/06/2010
Telecom has been ordered to pay around $120,000 in refunds to customers who were misled by its broadband promotion during 2008. More...
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Is Telecom finally going to sell AAPT?
stuff.co.nz, 18/06/2010
Telecom could sell its trans-Tasman subsidiary as early as August if it accepts one of several offers for the business, the Australian newspaper reports. More...
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Watchdog move tipped to slash cellphone rates
New Zealand Herald, 17/06/2010
Lower cellphone charges have come a step closer with a Commerce Commission recommendation that the Government force phone companies to drop their rates for cross-network calls. More...
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2degrees slashes rates in price war
New Zealand Herald, 16/06/2010
2degrees launched an aggressive calling plan yesterday that will challenge the prices Vodafone and Telecom are charging. More...
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Turangi begs for prison
stuff.co.nz, 17/06/2010
Opponents of a 1500-bed men's jail planned for Wiri want to know why it's being forced on them when Turangi wants the prison to be built there instead. More...
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